Ephs Top Wesleyan in Season Opener
Nick Lebedoff '10
Middletown, CT - Williams (1-0) topped Wesleyan (0-1) in their fall season opener last night with a commanding 7-2 victory.
The Ephs looked impressive in their first match of the season against a talented Wesleyan squad. Every member of the team played well with Wesleyan's only points coming from bitterly contested matches afive singles and three doubles. Senior Co-Captain Bret Thacher set the tone for the Ephs with a gutsy win in three sets.
Second year coach David Donn was understandably encouraged by this early season result, "This was a great way to start off our year, early in the season in a tough environment...I give a lot of credit to Wesleyan and how hard they fought, but we showed a great deal of mental toughness and I feel that will be a key to our season."
Williams will look to maintain their momentum as they take on non-conference foe Skidmore on on the road on September 17th.
| Singles | Williams | Wesleyan | ||||||
| 1 | Nick Lebedoff (Wi) | def. | Matthew O'Connell (We) | 6-4 | 6-2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2 | Jeremy Weinberger (Wi) | def. | Jaafar Rizvi (We) | 6-2 | 7-5 | 2 | 0 | |
| 3 | Karol Furmaga (Wi) | def. | Paul Gerdes (We) | 6-3 | 6-1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 4 | Bret Thacher (Wi) | def. | Graham Immerman (We) | 4-6 | 6-3 | 6-3 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Michael Piderit (We) | def. | Ari Binder (Wi) | 6-2 | 4-6 | (10-4) | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | Kenneth Taubenslag (Wi) | def. | Alejandro Alverado (We) | 6-1 | 7-6 | 5 | 1 | |
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| Doubles | | | | | ||||
| 1 | Thacher/Lebedoff (Wi) | def. | O'Connell/Rizvi (We) | 8-5 | | 6 | 1 | |
| 2 | Weinberger/Binder (Wi) | def. | Immerman/Piderit (We) | 9-8 | | 7 | 1 | |
| 3 | Gerdes/Matt Buckley (We) | def. | Ben Davidson/Furmaga (Wi) | 8-6 | | 7 | 2 |
